COMMERCIAL DESCRIPTIONQuality lies just off the beaten path.Pontius Road Pilsner is a true American-style Pilsner. The beer contains malted barley blended with flaked maize (corn) to produce a deliciously distinct flavor. It may be light in body and color, but it has a full flavor that gives way to a refreshing crispness. Handfuls of hops provide pleasant aromas and a wonderful dry finish.

Pontius Road Pilsner was designed to be like a colonial Pilsner. In colonial times, ingredients were often rationed so people used corn to supplement some of the barley in their beer recipes. Their Pilsners were also slightly hopped to add preservation. The name, Pontius Road Pilsner, derives from the road name that The Woodmaster, Bill Sohn, lives on. Bill encouraged Joe Short to move forward with his brewery business plan, and is a big reason why Short’s exists today!

bottle - poured very light straw color with thin white head. Aroma - hay, corn and some grassy notes. Taste - very similar to aroma. Grassy hops with sweet corn and salty sunflower seeds. Palate - thin mouthfeel with a lot of carbonation. Finish is somewhat dry and has little aftertaste. Overall - pretty good beer for the style. I had no issue drinking the beer and would have another. Short’s brewery just makes good sold tasting beer!!

12 oz bottle into a pint. The pour is a pale, cloudy straw yellow with a white head that leaves some really good lace. The aroma is lemony, with some maltiness to it, and a bit of skunk on the back end. The flavor is very similar. It's a little skunky up front with a decent citrus zing and moves into a dry light hoppiness. The mouth feel is really thin, really slick. Decent carbonation, but the aftertaste is just dry and skunky
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12 oz bottle from Tipsy’s into a pint glass. Yellow golden and clear with an average white head, light lacing. Bland aroma of pale malts, clean noble hops, floral notes, light peppery spice and herbs. Similar flavor, not much else going on really. Average body with a crisp finish.

Poured from 12oz bottle, pours a pale yellow with no head at all, aroma is of hay and dirt with a little bit of skunk too, the flavor has a really dry hay like front end with some cracker and bread in the finish, really light, still kind of an off finish though, metallic like, not a fan.

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